Slug-like cowry

Staphylaea limacina

''Staphylaea limacina'', common name slug-like cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Sluglike Cowrie - Staphylaea limacina This Staphylaea limacina cowrie is small in size around 1 cm, the mantel is 'exposed', covering the shell. Cebu,Cowrie,Geotagged,Malapascua,Philippines,Sluglike Cowrie,Staphylaea limacina,Summer

Appearance

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 39 mm. This shell is oval, the dorsum surface is usually pale brown or pinkish with whitish spots or small round whitish protuberances and two orange-brown areas at the extremities, while the base is white. In the living cowries the mantle may have a brown, orange or reddish coloration, with paler finger-like projections.

Naming

* ''Staphylaea limacina clarissa'' Lorenz, 1989
⤷  ''Staphylaea limacina interstincta''

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Southeast Asia, in Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyCypraeidae
GenusStaphylaea
SpeciesS. limacina
Photographed in
Philippines